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into the energy mix. >> suarez: dan arvisu directs the national renewable energy lab in colorado. he concedes the new supplies of cheap gas have challenged the cost-effectiveness of new technologies. natural gas is a bridge to the new technologies his scientists are inventing, he says, not a replacement for them. cheap gas buys some time. >> if we did not have natural gas as this potential opportunity, then i think we would be in a much more urgent set of conditions than we are today. so it would give us a ttle bit of time to really solve the problem much more deliberately, and hopefully that has long lasting impacts. >> suarez: arvisu notes every energy source has benefits and costs. gas offers flexibility-- after all, the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. a power plant can throw a switch and start burning gas, something you can't do with coal. >> so, backing off of this is a really bad idea. >> suarez: the former governor told me you can't stop investing in renewables even while taking full advantage of new gas supplies. >> we have to view this as a glob
into the energy mix. >> suarez: dan arvisu directs the national renewable energy lab in colorado. he concedes the new supplies of cheap gas have challenged the cost-effectiveness of new technologies. natural gas is a bridge to the new technologies his scientists are inventing, he says, not a replacement for them. cheap gas buys some time. >> if we did not have natural gas as this potential opportunity, then i think we would be in a much more urgent set of conditions than we are...
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>> well, look, no one's opposed to energy efficiency. there's been bipartisan agreement on it, on increases in energy efficiency for decades and our economy has grown to be one of the most energy efficient economies in the world. we've made great strides there. renewablees, i'm all for renewables. i have solar panels on my house. they simply cannot provide the assist scale of energy demanded here in the united states or around the world. natural gas continues to be vilifieds -- a fossil fuel. look at what the international energy agency said in may, the i.e.a. based in paris, since 2006, the u.s. reduced co2 emissions by 532 million tons, more than any other country on the planet. and this is not a perfect solution in terms of reducing co2, but why did the i.e.a. point to the u.s.? because low-cost natural gas is displacing coal. this is a great story. are there costs? of course there are. there's no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to energy or anything else. >> brown: kate sinding, in our last minute, do you want to answer him,
>> well, look, no one's opposed to energy efficiency. there's been bipartisan agreement on it, on increases in energy efficiency for decades and our economy has grown to be one of the most energy efficient economies in the world. we've made great strides there. renewablees, i'm all for renewables. i have solar panels on my house. they simply cannot provide the assist scale of energy demanded here in the united states or around the world. natural gas continues to be vilifieds -- a fossil...
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. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: welfare's promise and reality; an energy compromise in utah; why words matter to justice antonin scalia; china's celebrated murder trial; and women score big at the olympics. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> reporter: severe drought conditions have spread across even more of the u.s. breadbasket. that's the latest finding from the ought monitor report by federal agencies and the university of nebraska. their weekly map shows areas of extreme or exceptional drought-- marked here in red and burgundy- - grew by 2% from the week before. the lack of rainfall has hit producers of corn and soybeans especially hard and pushed world commodity prices sharply higher. more bad news for the nearly insolvent u.s. postal service. it lost $5.2 billion from april to june, much more than the same period last year. the bulk of the loss came from the projected cost of health benefits for future postal retirees. last week, the postal service failed for the first time ever to make a scheduled payment for those benefits. syrian troo
. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: welfare's promise and reality; an energy compromise in utah; why words matter to justice antonin scalia; china's celebrated murder trial; and women score big at the olympics. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> reporter: severe drought conditions have spread across even more of the u.s. breadbasket. that's the latest finding from the ought monitor report by federal agencies and the university of nebraska. their...
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by putting money into energy companies, solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the united states. >> suarez: kiely says factcheck.org has looked at similar claims leveled by conservative groups in the past and found they too stretch the truth. >> we've found in many of the cases they are exaggerated or just flat out wrong. for example, the claim that 2.3 billion dollars in manufacturing tax credits has gone to solar companies that created jobs overseas there is another one about an automotive company, fisker, manufacturing cars in finland. yes, it did manufacture cars in finland, but the money that it received for... stimulus money it received went to other things like design, engineering, things like that. >> suarez: as the two campaigns trade political barbs over outsourcing, another debate has formed about the economic consequences of the practice. robert samuelson writes a weekly economics column for "the washington post." he says outsourcing has had a minimal impact on u.s. job growth. >> on the u.s. economy at large, it has had a very modest effect
by putting money into energy companies, solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the united states. >> suarez: kiely says factcheck.org has looked at similar claims leveled by conservative groups in the past and found they too stretch the truth. >> we've found in many of the cases they are exaggerated or just flat out wrong. for example, the claim that 2.3 billion dollars in manufacturing tax credits has gone to solar companies that created jobs...
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. >> woodruff: ray suarez continues our ries on america's energy resources with a report from utah about an unusual agreement to drill for gas on public lands. >> what we've shown here is that there are compromises that can be reached that protect the special places while still allowing for a robust level of natural gas and oil development. >> brown: margaret warner interviews supreme court justice antonin scalia about his new book, a guide for judges on how to interpret the text of the law. >> the trick for a judges to see where the bance sides. it's like a murder mystery. there are clues pointing one way, pointing another way. which clues are more persuasive? >> woodruff: we have a report from beijing on the closely watched murder trial of gu kailai, the wife of a disgraced communist party official. >> brown: and we close with a look at the golden successes of women athletes at the london games. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan
. >> woodruff: ray suarez continues our ries on america's energy resources with a report from utah about an unusual agreement to drill for gas on public lands. >> what we've shown here is that there are compromises that can be reached that protect the special places while still allowing for a robust level of natural gas and oil development. >> brown: margaret warner interviews supreme court justice antonin scalia about his new book, a guide for judges on how to interpret the...
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what is energy and expansion of unions verse. there is something physics can't explain at the moment, far more, and they are hoping that something quirky about the particle they found will give them a clue where to go next. >> suarez: thanks for joining us. >> instead of h.i.v. the sign tips hope will save lives, it all comes down to testing. the 1 on it 2 million americans who carry the virus which causes aids 20% don't know they visit. after diagnosis the chance that a patient treated with anti-retroviral drug will transmit the disease drops by as much as 96%. the food and drug administration has now approved the first at home test to detect h.i.v. infection. to explain how it will work we're joined by dr. anthony fauci the director of national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. dr. fauci i'm trucked by that figure the 20% that don't know they have the disease. what causes that, is it stigma. >> what happens is there's so many different reasons why people don't come forth to get tested even though they may realize th
what is energy and expansion of unions verse. there is something physics can't explain at the moment, far more, and they are hoping that something quirky about the particle they found will give them a clue where to go next. >> suarez: thanks for joining us. >> instead of h.i.v. the sign tips hope will save lives, it all comes down to testing. the 1 on it 2 million americans who carry the virus which causes aids 20% don't know they visit. after diagnosis the chance that a patient...
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before the fukushima accident it comprised about 30% of japan's energy mix. combined with the report, ohi's resumption will likely inflame those in the anti-nuclear movement in japan. over the last month, there have been holding weekly demonstrations outside the prime minister's office. for more, i am joined by matthew bunn, an associate professor at harvard university's belfer center for science and international affairs, where he heads the school's main research group on nuclear policy. professor bunn, by taking natural disaster off the table and calling this "profoundly man made," what did the commission conclude that people did wrong? >> well, fundamentally, the issue was not being well enough prepared for the kind of natural disaster that did occur. certainly the earthquake and tsunami ultimately caused the health downs that happened but if they had been well enough prepared, if they had had, for example, the diesel generators protected from being flooded, if they had had water pumping into the cores of the reactors, if they had had a better emergency pl
before the fukushima accident it comprised about 30% of japan's energy mix. combined with the report, ohi's resumption will likely inflame those in the anti-nuclear movement in japan. over the last month, there have been holding weekly demonstrations outside the prime minister's office. for more, i am joined by matthew bunn, an associate professor at harvard university's belfer center for science and international affairs, where he heads the school's main research group on nuclear policy....
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we see them talking about caps on energy intensity, caps on carbon pollution. they're still a big polluter but they are taking action. right now ironically they're probably taking more action than the united states. >> ifill: you cover these issues here this washington. you have heard as i have in the last couple of weeks climate change enthusiasts and even some obama administration people saying this is the moment we can move on this. what signs do you see that that may happen? >> it's interesting. i would say that probably the biggest block for some kind of really significant domestic climate change policy in congress is the fact that a lot of republicans are very concerned about the idea of signing on to something that could be an energy tax. there's also a lot of republicans would are skeptical about the idea that climate science is even true, that climate science even exists. republicans control the house. you need 60 votes to get something in the senate. you need 67 votes to get a climate treaty, an international treaty ratified. >> ifill: do you see a mo
we see them talking about caps on energy intensity, caps on carbon pollution. they're still a big polluter but they are taking action. right now ironically they're probably taking more action than the united states. >> ifill: you cover these issues here this washington. you have heard as i have in the last couple of weeks climate change enthusiasts and even some obama administration people saying this is the moment we can move on this. what signs do you see that that may happen? >>...
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on wednesday, ray suarez report on the natural gas boom in colorado in part two of our energy series. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
on wednesday, ray suarez report on the natural gas boom in colorado in part two of our energy series. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to...
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on wednesday, ray suarez report on the natural gas boom in colorado in part two of our energy series. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. u.s. stocks hit fresh three- month highs as investors grow more confident the federal reserve will soon take action to help the economy. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. freddie mac and profits, two things that haven't gone together in a long time. we look at the mortgage giant's unexpected gains. >> tom: also tonight, a study of a major new drug for alzheimer's is stopped. th
on wednesday, ray suarez report on the natural gas boom in colorado in part two of our energy series. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to...
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on wednesday, ray suarez report on the natural gas boom in colorado in part two of our energy series. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "bbc world america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. to know your business, offering growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." standard chartered, one of the u.
on wednesday, ray suarez report on the natural gas boom in colorado in part two of our energy series. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to...
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secondly, they have to move on the question of nuclear energy. for political reasons they block the importation of american nuclear power plants, whether you like nuclear or not they expect to have power produced by nuclear. they're not going to reach their goal. they need to work with other regional states in nepal and pakistan to develop a hydroelectric grid based on waterpower which is environmentally secure. >> woodruff: complicated and a stunning situation yet one that has drawn the world's attention. >> blackouts in new dehli, i've lived through them. it's no fun. >> woodruff: steven cohen, arvind subramanian, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> ifill: next, to the presidential campaign. asian americans, the nation's fastest-growing minority, surpassed latinos last year as the largest group of new immigrants. and politicians are beginning to hari sreenivasan reports from pay attention. hari sreenivasan reports from the battleground state of nevada. >> go ahead and fill it out. sreenivasan: newly minted citizen genevieve is registering to
secondly, they have to move on the question of nuclear energy. for political reasons they block the importation of american nuclear power plants, whether you like nuclear or not they expect to have power produced by nuclear. they're not going to reach their goal. they need to work with other regional states in nepal and pakistan to develop a hydroelectric grid based on waterpower which is environmentally secure. >> woodruff: complicated and a stunning situation yet one that has drawn the...
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china gets much of its energy from iran and has invested a lot in iran. so change in this, you know, both in syria and iran is going to come at a high cost. there's no doubt about it. >> steven heydermann, before we close, how important is it for a country to close down its embassy in a nation with which it has diplomatic relations? the united states closed it, evacuated its personnel. the united kingdom recalled its ambassador. a big thing? >> these are very, very important shifts in policy. the statement from the state department today included language indicating that we no longer believe that the syrian government has full authority over its territory. that's quite something. you don't often hear that from the u.s. government. in addition, what it means is that we've made the decision that conditions on the ground have now deteriorated to the point where ambassador ford can no longer perform effectively on the ground. that, too, tells us something very importantbout how we assess the state of the conflict in syria. i should say that the embassy wasn't
china gets much of its energy from iran and has invested a lot in iran. so change in this, you know, both in syria and iran is going to come at a high cost. there's no doubt about it. >> steven heydermann, before we close, how important is it for a country to close down its embassy in a nation with which it has diplomatic relations? the united states closed it, evacuated its personnel. the united kingdom recalled its ambassador. a big thing? >> these are very, very important shifts...